END OF THE WEEK:
No monologue this week, so let's just get to the juicy stuff. Here are some things to remember from the first full week of June, 2011:
Interview of the Week: The AV Club's 4-Part Interview with "Community" Creator Dan Harmon
After much delay, the entertainment-related website finally made their fascinating interview with the executive producer and showrunner of one of TV's best and most criminally under appreciated comedies available to the masses for their viewing pleasure. The interview, which reportedly lasted four hours between Harmon and writer Todd VanDerWerff (who does the excellent "Community" episode recaps on the site), was split up into four separate installment, with one posted everyday from Tuesday-Friday; each dedicated to having Harmon simply rabble on about the creative process and behind-the-scenes look at the making of his episode (along with his sincerely honest thoughts about each one of them). It's a simply terrific and insightful read if you are a fan of the show, and for anyone who is interested in seeing the mind of any dedicated showrunner of a TV program. Among some of the highlights in the interview, to name a few, are:
- He originally hated two of the show's better episodes, "Critical Film Studies" and "a Fistfull of Paintballs"
-He had to constantly battle with NBC and the studio during the making of this episode, most notably while making "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons" (the studio apparently hated the episode's concept so much, they wanted it to be completely thrown away).
-The show's writers are composed of half male, half female, and he loves it that way.
- There were times when even he didn't know what to do with the characters of Britta and Shirley.
- He plans to use elements from "The Wire" of all shows to make season three (great, now I'm really amped up for the fall!).
- He's a very critical. self-loathing man who would occasionally get himself all teared-up if he felt things were going wrong and occasionally drive himself to the brink of depressing. Basically, he's the opposite of the easygoing Bill Lawrence ("Scrubs," "Cougar Town") when it comes to making a TV show.
There's of course plenty of more interesting things to include, but since the entire interview takes up around 18,000 words or so, it's best that you should just check it out for yourself (Parts one, two, three, and four are linked here).
Video of the Week: "Shampoo Prank (Original)"
Some say that boy is still shampooing his hair. Some say he got out of that shower weeks ago and is now in his room playing "L.A. Noire." What we can all agree on...was that this was pretty damn hilarious for a prank simply involving shampoos.
Party of the Week: Jack White and Karen Elson's Divorce Party
Why not? After all, divorce marks the end of an unhappy relationship and the beginning of a potentially promising life of being single. So, by that logic, why wouldn't you celebrate with a few friends and family members?
Stories of the Week:
-The Actual Story of the Week: Anthony Weiner Admits to Online Relationship and Sending Explicit Photos
So, remember kids: never write anything, whether it's on paper or online, that can shame you on the front page of the New York Times, no matter how much you get the urge to.
-The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Tracy Morgan Apologizes For Homophobic Rant At Nashville Stand-up Performance
Obviously, he was just angry about the Nashville crowd not laughing about taking them to the back of a middle school and getting them pregnant.
Verbatim Reading of the Week: The Anthony Weiner "Sexts" By Bill Maher and Jane Lynch
And that, my friends, is just one of the perks of having an uncensored comedy on HBO.
LeLetdown of the Week: Lebron James During the 4th Quarter in Games 4 and 5 of the NBA Finals
Game 4: O points (8 points total)
Game 5: 2 points (a major blemish in a game which he had a triple-double)
The Majority of America: Self-Combusts in Joy
Person of the Week: New York Congressman Anthony Weiner
for once again proving this week, and in this past fortnight as a whole, just how powerful horniness can have on even the most rational and most respected male individuals. In a span of two weeks, the man has self-created a major 180 turn of his reputation from one of the most brazen and respected politicians in not just the state of New York but also the entire Democratic politicians into another horny politician who showed a complete lack of sense and critical judgment in favor of wanting to please himself sexually. Kind of fascinating, isn't it? And to think, many people put his name in the hat on multiple occasions to potentially be the new Mayor of New York City, too. Just goes to show you: no matter how intelligent, rational and wise men can be, add power and horniness in his way and it could make most of them dumber than anyone who fell for Harold Camping's apocalypse prediction. All that's left to say now is: can't wait to see who falls under the trap next!
And that's the way it was! Enjoy the rest of your weekend and don't you dare pull yourself a Weiner!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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